Niket Sharma

Niket Sharma received his PhD in chemical engineering and M. Eng. in computer science with specialization in machine learning from Virginia Tech in 2021. He is currently a Senior Engineer at Aspen Technology, Boston, where he is working on the development of machine learning and hybrid modeling applications combining chemical engineering and data science principles. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on integrated process modelling and big data analytics for optimizing polyolefin manufacturing. He has five years of industrial experience prior to joining graduate school at Virginia Tech. He has worked with SABIC for four years as a research engineer where he worked on process development, scale-up, process modelling and experiments measuring reaction kinetics and polymerization. He has also worked for a year with Indian Oil Corporation as a production engineer in the oil refinery. Niket also obtained a M. Eng (Chemical) from the Indian Institute of Science in 2013.